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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in digital education technology are enabling learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these important new open education endeavours. Scientists want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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